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has come into extensive use UNITED STATES PATENT JFFICE.

RONALD F. I'JXOFEELY, 015 BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR TO UNITEDSHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

MIACHINE FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. (13. 1915.

Application filed May 6, 1907. Serial No. 372,055.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RONALD F. MoFEnnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beverly, in the count of Essex and Commonwealth of Massaciusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Use in theManufacture of Boots and Shoes, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likereference characters on tie drawings indicating like parts in theseveriil figures.

This invention relates to'the manufacture of boots and shoes andparticularly to a machine for use in working an upper into position u onthe last over which the shoe is made. 11 the manufacture of shoes asheretofore carried on it has been thecustom to pull the assembled uppermaterials over the last and temporarily secure the upper in position byan operation prior to and entirely distinct from the step known aslasting. This preliminary operation, known as pullin -over the shoe, wasformerly done by han although more recentl a machine fort is urpose.

It has never heretofore been foun practimachine means for for lastcableto combine in one pulling-over sin-upper and means mg it.

One of the chief objects of is to produce such a machine.

my invention To this end an important feature of this invention consistsin automatically operated means for gripping and pulling an uppercombined with means for workin the upper into lasted )osition. The pulingover operation should include the step per about the last to ositionthe upper properly on the last an in this aspect the invention consistsin the combination in one machine of means for pulling on upper over alast and adjusting the upper about the last with means for lasting tieshoe. The pulling means preferably on ages the upper and pulls itsimultaneous y upon toppesite sides of the lust and, preferably, alsoatthe toe end of the last and then holds the upper under strain-whilesuch relative adjustments of the upper and last are effected as may benecessary for positioning the upper correctly upon the last. The pullingof the upper may -advantageously be effected automatically while, as Iam pt present ad- As herein shown, mechanism is provided of adjustingthe uplongitudinally of the last.

vised, the adjustment of the upper can best be made manually. Thelasting means in the illustrated embodiment of the invention compriseswipers for forcing the upper into lasted position on the shoe bottom. Ashere- .in shown, the wipers are so constructed and arranged that theycan be actuated for working the upper upwardly alon the side face of thelast toward and over tie edge of the last bottom prior to wiping itinwardly into lasted position over the bottom of the last.

Other lasting means of known or appropriate construction may obviouslybe used in practising the invention instead of the wipers employed inthis embodiment of the invention and the lasting means may be operatedeither manually as herein shown or automatically as shown, for exam le,in my co-pendin application, Scria No. 375,669, to wor: the upper intolasted position in any suitable way. The upper may 'be secured in lastedposition by tacks, or a hinder, or by any other suitable fastenin s.

inserting aplurality of tacks, one of which on each side of the shoe isdesigned to serve not only to fasten the upper to the innersole at thatpoint, but as an anchor for a binder of wire or other continuousmaterial which is extended around the toe of the shoe. Tacks might bedriven in such numbers and so disposed as to be relied upon alone tohold the upper, as illustratedin my said application.

In the embodiment of the invention herein shown the last issupportedwith its bot-tom face upward in such a plane that the fore partof the upper is observable to the workman standing at the machine. Theupper is pulled by means of grippers which are arranged andautomatically actuated to seize and pull the upper at the opposite sidesof the ball of the shoe, and preferably at the toe also. The machinethen comes to rest to permit of the examination of the shoe and to giveopportunity for the workman to make such adjustment of the upper as maybe nec essury to fit and position 1t properly upon the last. Thegrippers ere arranged thatthey can be moved relatively or together indirectiqnsfor adjusting the upper around the last either transverse y orThe transverse adjustment may-be desirable, for example,.to

so constructed andproperly opening correctly with relation to the middleline of the last and to the lasting means. To permit these movements ofthe grippers their :actuatin mechanisms include springs and handles bywhich the operator is-enabled to move the side grippers eitherindependently or together in the same or in opposite directions forpulling the upper which extends between the two grippers transverselyacross or around the last. The grippers may also be moved to increase orrelax the tension on one or both sides of the upper as an inspection ofthe shoe may show to be desirable for positioning and fitting the uppertransverse y on the last. The ongitudinal adjustment of the u per on thelast is frequentl necessary or seating the upper square y upon the balland instep of the ast and for straighteningthe toe tip and the' seamwhich connects the tip to the .vamp, it being important that the tip andseam shall I .be positioned alike in each upper of a pair movablelengthwise of the last of shoes. The toe grippers are arranged to bemanually operated to increase or decrease the lengthwise pull on theupper for seatin it on the instep and straightening a curve 'or bowedtip seam. Preferably the toe grippers may be manually released from theupper and rengaged therewith, and in accordance with a feature of thisinvention the toe grippers are laterally movable so that they may beengaged with the upper at different, points successively about the toeof the upper for pulling or ositioning the upper as may berequired witrelation to the last and to the lasting mea ns. Preferably and in accordance with another feature of the invention the toe grippers areoperatively conheated with actuating means by which lateral movement maybe etfected either for' ositioning them, as for example for croo edright and left lusts, or for actuating them to adjust or stretch the toeof the upper latterally. Bodily adjustment of the upper longitudinallyabout the last may the side grippers which for this purpose are andpreferably are connected with actuating means b which they can be movedtogether for a justing the upper in either direction longitudinallyaround the last. The toe grippers ma; be moved in company with the sidegrippers, if desired, or they may be disenrestand also the heel restagainst which the hee end of the last is supported are,- as hereinshown, adj-ha'tably connected with authe sole rest be made; by

tomatic mechanism by which said rests or either of them may beactuatedto move the last forwardly into the pulled upper for strainingthe upper backwardly over the instep and the toe of the last. Thismovement of the last in the pulled upper conforms the upper to thecontour of the last,'particu-' larly about the toe of the last andfacilitates the operation of the lasting means in working the upper intolasted position about the toe of the last.

As herein shown the several operations of pulling-over, lasting, andtacking theshoe are performed with the shoe in a single position in themachine although the invention is not limited to machines in which theshoe remains in substantially the same position during these operations.Means is provided for supporting1 the shoe upwardly against uring thelasting and tack driving operations, said means occupying a retractedposition, where it does not obstruct the worlcmans view of the shoe,during the pulling-over operation. The -use of the supporting. meansenables the lasting wipers to be actuated not onl to work the upperupwardl along the si e face of the last and inwardly over its edge, butalso to be employed for pressing the upper firmly downupon thelast'bottom to settle it into lasted position thereon and to form a seatfor the binder, if a binder is to be used'. Means for clamping the upperto the last at oppo' sitesides of the shoe is lpreferably employed whichis moved into ho ding position by the supporting means.

Another important feature of this invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of the wi mechanism therefor which are usedin the illustrated embodiment of the invention for working the upperinto lasted position. The wipers are arranged with relation to anactuator to position themselves automati' cally when they engage theshoe in accordance with the'shape and preferably also the position'ofthe end portion of the shoe. To this end the wipers are as herein shown,yieldingly connected pivot-ally attheir inner, adjacent ends to theactuator and are unyieldingly connected at their outer ends with theactuator by means of an equalizing device. This arrangement permits thewipers as'they meet the shoe-to yield at their inner ends while theirouter ends move toward the shoe, and allows either wiper end firstmeeting the shoe to pause in its movement until the other wiper alsocomes i'nto engagement with the shoe, after which the wipers, havingadapted themselves to the shape of the shoe, may be advanced to wipe theupper inwardly over the edge of the shoe simultaneously at the end andsides of the toe portion of the shoe.

Another important novel characteristic of pers and actuating thepreferred construction of the lasting mechanism is that the side wipersare connected together and to the actuator by a middle wiper or lastingplate having an acting edge forming a continuation of the edges of theside plates and connected to the actuator at a distance back from theacting edge of the wipers. This arrangement permits the wipers to have abodily lateral movement to enable them to adapt their position to theposition of the end portion of the last. It may be here observed thatthe fore part of the shoe always occupies approximately the same lateralposition in the machine in order that it may be in operative relation tothe several instrumentalities for working on the shoe; but in crookedlasts the lateral position of the ends of right and left lasts variessomewhat. In order to secure for the lasting devices a greater range oflateral movement which shall be ample in all cases to enable the wipersto position themselves squarely in front of the toe end of the last saidwipers are, in :1 modified construction,

J connected to their actuator by a laterally sliding plate which allowsthe wipers a lar e extent of bodily lateral movement. 0- operating withthe lasting means to hold the last against the backward thrust of thewipers is the heel rest, before mentioned, which preferably is laterallymovable to adapt its position to the varying lateral positions of theheel ends of differently sha ed lasts, particularly right and left crooed lasts, the heel ends of which are inclined in opposite directionsfrom the median line of t e fore parts of the lasts.

These and other features of the invention, including certain details ofconstruction and numerous combinations of parts, will be fully explainedin the following description and pointed out in the claims.

Certain improvements in methods of male ing shoes disclosed in thisapplication are not claimed herein but are included in applicationSerial No. 386.572, filed August 1, 1907.

In the drawings, which represent a preferred embodiment of theinvention,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine showing in dottedlines a shoe in operative relation to the pulling-over and lastingmechanism. Fig. 2 is a front. elevation of the machine: Fig. 3 is avertical section in the plane of the main driving shaft: Fig. 4 is aplan view of the grippers operating mechanism as seen from substantiallythe plane 44, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the ram block 140;Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the cam which controls the stoppingmechanism; Fig. 7 is an elevation of the lower portion of the ,head ofthemechine from the side opposite to that shown in Fig. 1: Fig. 8 is asectional view on approximately the line 8 8 of Fig. 7; Fig. 9

is a section on the line 9-9, Fig. 7, to illustrate the mechanism. formoving the side grippers to' adjust the upper longitudinally about thelast; Fig. 10 is a sectional view on the line 1010 of Fig. 9, showingthe mechanism for adjusting the side grippers; Fig. 11 is a section onthe line 1111 of Fig. 10: Fig. 12 is a vertical sectional view throughthe toe grippers, showing the preferred construction of these grippers;Fig. 13 is a detail view of mechanism for moving the toe' gripperslaterally or lengthwise of the edge of the last at the toe of the shoe;Fig. 1.4 is a front elevation, partlv in section, of the mechanisms forsupportirig the shoe, clamping the upper after the side grippers releaseit, and inserting tacks at the opposite sides of the shoe; Fig. 15 is aperspective view of the sole rest and the mechanisms for actuating therest; Fig. 16 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing a portionof the sole rest actuating mechanism and also the mechanism foractuating the heel rest; Fig. 17 is a view, partly in section, throughthe shaft 56, which also appears in Figs. 15 and 16; Fig. 18 is a planview of the mechanism for moving inwardly and outwardly the armscarrying the mechanisms by which tacks are inserted at the sides of theshoe; Fig. 19 is a plan view of the mechanism for actuating the lastsupporting and shoe clamping devices; Fig. 20 is a perspective viewshowing the shoe clamping devices, the sole rest, the grippers, and thelasting mechanism in an operative relation to a shoe; Fig. 21 is a planview showing in full and dotted lines two positions of a slightlymodified arran ement of toe wipers with relation to shoes 0 differentshapes; Fig. 22 is a plan view showing in full and dotted linesdifferent positions assumed by the heel rest in supporting differentshaped shoes with relation to the wipers mounted as shown in Fig. 20;Fig. 23 is a plan view of the toe lasting mechanism shown in Fig. 20;Fig. 24 is a sectional view on approximately the line 2424 of Fig. 25;Fig. 25 is a vertical longitudinal section of the toe lasting mechanismon a larger scale than that used in the similar view shown in Fig. 3;Fig. 26 is a perspective view of a shoe as it may be prepared forpresentation to the machine; Fig. 27 shows the shoe after the upper hasbeen stretched and adjusted about the last in the pulling-overoperation; and Fig. 28 is a perspective view of the shoe pulled over andlasted by the machine, the upper being secured in lasted position at thetoe by a binder.

The pulley shaft 2 supports fast and loose pulleys 4 and 6 having upontheir adjacent faces disks which form clutch members. The loose pulleyhas an annular groove in its hub engaged by a book 8 carried by a collar10 loose on the shaft and provided with an inclined face held bysprings12 m engagement with a similar face on the lower end of a rod 14,as illustrated in Fig. 3. The rod extends into the head of the machineand is acted upon by a spring 16 which presses it in the-direction tocause the clutch members to be engaged. For lowering the rod and wedgeto permit the clutch members to be disengaged by the springs 12 the rodis connected at 18 to a vertically mov able brake shoe 20 adapted toengage the inner face of a pulley 22, which is driven by a belt 24running over the loose pulley 6.. The pulley 22 is fast to a sleeveshaft 26. which turns freely on the main shaft 25 of the machine. Thesleeve shaft is-formed at its inner end as a pinion which acts throughintermediate gears to drive a pinion 28 which is fast to a cam 30. Thepinion and cam are shown in section in Fig. 3 and in perspective view inFig. 6. The cam has rises 31, 32, and 33, by means of which a verticalslide 34 is depressed for forcing the brake into contact with the pulley22 and simultaneously depressing the rod 14 to permit the separation ofthe clutch members, thus stopping the machine. For ermitting the brakeand the rod 14 to be raised b the spring 16 a foot treadle 35 isconnecte to a so rod 36 having on its upper end an inclined face inengagement with the inclined face of a horizontal slide 38, to which ispivoteda finger 40 adapted to engage. in its horizontal movement towardthe left in Fig. 3, with a sliding block 42 and move the block frombetween the slide 34 and the brake shoe. As soon as the brake shoe israised by spring 16. the sliding block 42. which rests on the brake,will be above the plane of the finger 40 so that the latter will presentno obstruction to the return of the block 42 to its nor mal position assoon as the passing of the rise in the cam 30 permits the vertical slide34 to resume its normal position under the influence of its liftingsprings 1-1. The parts are thus immediately restored to their normalpositions shown in Fig. 3 as soon as the machine has been advanced farenough after starting to carry any given rise past the slide 3%. Theparts are. therefore. in condition to cause the next rise in the cam 30to stop the machine, even though the operator may not have removed hisfoot from the treadlc 35. It will be understood that each rise in thecam 30 causes a rest in the machine's operation and the number or risesformed on the cam will depend upon the number of rests which it isdesired to provide in one cycle of operation of the machine.

The shoe is prepared for the operation of the machine by assembling theupper materials and the innersole upon a last, as shown in Fig. 26, andthe shoe is presentedto the machine bottom upward, as illustrated inFig. 3, against the sole rest 50 and is located lengthwise of themachine by engaging its toe and against the rear face of the toegripper. The arrangement is such that the shoe is held in a plane at anoblique angle to the perpendicular so that the fore part of the upper isreadily observable to a workman standing at the machine. The sole rest,which comprises fingers for engaging the sole at a plurality of points,is carried by a slide 52, which is movable longitudinally in the carrier54. The carrier is mounted for pivotal movement about the axis of the.shaft 56, being rocked in one direction by the sprin 58 and actuated inthe opposite direction Tuy the cam 60 on the front end of the main shaft25. The rest 62 for the heel end of the last has inclined sides and iscarried by parallel links 64, which are pivotally supported to permitthe heel rest to have a lateral movement for adapting its position tothe lateral position of the heel end of the shoe. A serrated plate 61 islocated just back of the links 64 and the heel rest is pressed backagainst said plate by the shoe to lock the rest from lateral movementwhile the shoe remains firmly against it. A s ring plunger 63 holds therest away from the serrated late until the rest has been adjusted lateraly by the shoe. Three grippers arearrangefw'en gage the upper at theopposite sides of the ball of the last and at the toe of the last. Thegri pers 70, which engage the up er at the sidhs of the shoe and will berefined to as the side grippers, are alike, one being shown in the sideelevation of the machine in Fig. 1 and the other in the sectional viewshown in Fig. 3, and each is suspended by a ball and socket joint from alever 72, which is fulcrumcd on a rod 74 and extends to the rear of themachine where it engages a block 75. Each block is mounted for verticalmovement upon a rod 7 6, a spring 78 being inter posed between the blockand a nut on the upper end of the rod. Both rods are connected at thelower end to a vertically sliding plate 80, having a roll standing in agroove in the front or right-hand face of the cam disk 30 beforementioned. By means of this cam the gripper levers 72 are positivelymoved in the direction to lower the grippers and are yieldingly movedthrough the springs 78 in the direction to uplift the grippers forpulling the upper. The gri pers shown are arranged to be automaticallyopened by the engagement of tack-carrying arms hereinafter describedwith tripping devices 81 which project from the outer sides of thegrippers as shown in Figs. 12 and 14. The detailed construction of theside grippers by means of which they are caused to open and close is notherein illustrated in detail as the same forms no part of the presentinvention and any suitable construction may be employed such, forexample, as that shown in prior Patent No. 1.0 50364- h t th The gri rsen ging t e upper a. e toe of the lide, which will be referred to as thetoe grippers 82, are suspended from their operating lever 84 by aconnectlon which permits the grippers to have a forward and backwardswinging movement and also a slight lateral movement The lever 8-1 ispivoted on the rod 74 and its rear end is connected to a block 85 whichis movable vertically on a rod 86, a spring 88 being interposed betweenthe block and a" nut on the rod. The rod is connected at its lower endwith a vertically sliding plate 90 havi a roller standing in a groovein. the face 0 a cam block 92. Through theseconnections the toe grippersare positively moved downwardly and are yieldingly uplifted. Thedetailed construction 0 the toe gripgefi's mechanism is illustrated inFig. 12. e gripper bar 94, which is the member that is p'ivoted to thelever 81, extends downwardly through the casing 96 and has rigidlysecured to its lower end a gripper jaw 98. The bar has a longitudinalopening in which is located a spring 100 resting at its lower end upon aplate 102 extending through the bar 91 from the casin on one side to thecasing on the other si e. The spring normally preses the casingdownwardly with relation to the bar and by so doing closes the grippersand tends to maintain them in closed position. This result is secured byivoting the grip r jaw 104 to the casing at 106 and provi 'ng a closingdevice 108 normally connected to the bar by a pivoted latch 95 whichengages under a shoulder 109 on the closing device and may be moved bythe releasing device 81 to disengage the closing device from the bar andpermit the grippers to open. The closing device is provided on its lowerend with members 110, 112 between which the upper arm of the gripper jaw104 is guided to rock said jaw toward and from the fixed jaw. Theexpansiye force of the springlOO holds the member 110 normally inengagement with the upper arm of the gripper jaw 104, thus maintainingthe grippers closed. Bv moving: the casing upwardly with relation to thebar 94 the movable gripper jaw is drawn upwardly between the members110, 112 and rocked in the direction for opening the grippers. Thisupward movement of the casing may be cllected manuallv after thegrippers have seized the upper by a lever 114. see Fi 3. pivoted in thelever 84 and engaging 3 ug 115 on the upper end of the gripper casing.

The lever 114 is provided with teeth en gagexl by teeth on a hand lever116. also plvoted to the operating lever Fll. manipulatingthe'lever 116and moving the grippers either vertically or laterally the toe grippersmay be caused to release the upper and engage it at a different point. 1movable guide 117 for the toe grippers is mounted upon the front bracketof the machine frame, as shown in Figs. 3 and 13. The guide has alaterally extending arm provided with rack teeth engaged by a pmion 119to which is connected a hand lever 121. A spring-actuated locking device123 carried in the lever engages notches in a fixed plate. Bymanipulating the hand lever 1-31 the toe grippers may be moved laterallywhile they are holding the upper under longitudinal strain, thus movingthe upper lengthwise of the edge of the last at the toe and changing thedirection of the strain. The grippers may also be shifted laterally toposition them before they grip the upper. 5

ihe toe grippers and also the side ippers are completely opened at theend 0 a cycle of the operation of the machine and held in position toreceive the upper of the next shoe by the engagement of shoulders 118 onthe gripper casing with n portion 120 of the frame of the machine, asshown in Fig. 3. it being understood that the gripper actuating levels72 and 84 are unyieldingly moved bytbeir operating mechanism in thedirection to lower the grippers. l

The grippers are normally held spread apart against the pressure ofsprings 122 by mechanism including a slide 1-2-1 engaging at its outerend with the toe grippers and hav- 100 ing an adjustable wedge plate1:25 for engaging the side grippers, as shown in Fig. 4.

' The side is'actuated. automatically in the direction to spread theippers by the engagement of a lug 126 wi th :1 lug 128 on the 105 slide130, which is provided on its upper face with rack teeth engaging teethon a shaft 132, as shown in the longitudinal vertical section of themachine illustrated in Fig. 3 and also in Figs. 8 and 18. The shaft 110has on one end teeth which. are engaged by a rack bar 134 secured to alever 136, which is fulcriuned on a pin 138 and has a roller extendingin a cam groove 139 in a cam block 110 on the main drivin shaft 25;

The casing for the side grippers has formed in its rear edge a guidewayfor a. block 152. the rear edge of which is secured to a slide 154movable transversely of the machine in a guide formed in the head of atoothed-plate 156. This constrm-tion is best shown in Fig. 10 andreference may also he had to Figs. 1 and 3. The toothed bars 15?-connected with the two side grippels mechanisms are alike except thatthe teeth on one 136 of said bars are on the upper side of the bar andthe teeth on the other bar are formed on the lower side. The lefbhandbar is engageil. as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. by a pin ion I39 on Llshaft 160, while the bar 156 for 188 the right-hands is mp1 withteethonaslecve 162mtothc shaft 160. The shafts 160 162 may be turned bya hand lever 164, which, by reason of the arrangement described, willmove the side grippers dmultaneonsly lengthwise of the last and inopposite directions,-that is, one side gri per will be moved toward theheel of the last while the other side gripper is gloved towardtlileontgg lpf tliiigglearst. A oc'gpin165,con a 'iece 166, secures thehand lever 16% in n position in which the two side are directly oppositeeach other. e oregoing mechanism, known as the tip mechanism, is oneexample of the means for relatively adjusting the pulled upper and the.last. In the present embodiment of the invention such ad ustmentcomprises a move ment of the upper relatively to the last while the lastis held stationary. The -.n an of the three serrated feet of the so rest(Fig. 20) with the shoe bottom maintains the last stationary while theupper is moved.

The slide 52, on which the sole rest is mounted, is rovided, as shown inFig. 3, with teeth w 'ch en a. toothed portion of the shaft 56 about woh the carrier 54 is rocked. The shaft 56 has on its left-hand end, seeparticularly Figs. 15 and 17, a collar 170 having on its rear side a lug172 normally ed by a latch 174 on the front end of a ever 175. The leveris fulcrnmed to the frame and its rear end stands in an inclinedguideway in the block 176 carried by a slide 178, which is provided witha roll standing in a. cam groove 180 in the cam block 140. The block 176is adjustable to permit the inclination of its uideway to be reversed,and according to file position of the block the shaft 56 will be rotatedin one or the other direction to move the sole rest forwardly orbackwardly during the rotation of the cam block 140. The collar 170 hasa depending arm or handle 182 is mounted a lever 184 a the laltlch 174from the c0113. 1 parts avebeendisen lliilesoerestmay be manually movedby e handle either forwardly or backwardly.

The heel rest is connected by the parallel links 64 with slidesadjustable forwardly and backwardly in the guides 185, which areprovided with teeth on their upper faces engaged by pinions 186, 186loose on the shaft 56. These pinions are in turn engaged by pinions 1S8fast on the shaft 190, which is provided with gear teeth at 192 thatengage with a reel; formed on the front end of a rod 194. The rodextends into .the block 178 by which it, and therefore the heel rest, isyieldingly actuated through the medium of a sprin 195.

The pinion 186 near the lefthand end of the shaft 56 is provided with atoothed collar 196. A pawl 198 is carried by the front end of a lever200, which is fulcrumed on the frame and extends in the rear of a wedge202 on the upper side of the block 178. The arrangement is such that thelever 200 will be engaged and actuated by the wedge 202 during the lastportion of the rearward movement of block 178 effected by the cam groove180. This actuation of the lever 200 will, through the pawl 198 andpinion 196 and other connections above described, move the heel restunyieldingly forward. An adjustable pawl controller 204 determines thetime at which the pawl 198 shall engage the pinion 196 and thusdetermine the extent of this positively efiectcd forward movement of theheel rest.

Supports for the last are carried by arms 210 arranged for movement fromseparated position, where they are away from the last, into a positionunder the o posite sides of the last. The supports, whiclr blocks 212,are-mounted on slides 214, as shown in 14, gaid gaging teeth engaging apinion 15, w engages teeth on'-'a her 216 that carriw a clamping device218 which advances inwardly over the last bottom with a rubbing actionadapted to lav-the upper into lasted positi n under it, Figs. 14, no and2a. The n 215 serves as an equalizer by which the clamping device isforced into holding engagement with the \ipper on thleesoige of thegrist when the support 212 is p againt e shoe. The arms 210 are formedas bell crank lovers, the inner ends of which are provided with teeth inengagement with rack bars 220, see Fig.19. The rack-bars are actuated bya slide 222 through intermediate yiel connections not necessary hereto'd The slide has a cam roll 224 which is acted upon by a cam face 225formd on the rear end of. the cam block 140. A ring 226 ressos the slideforwardly, ho ding-the ro against the cam and thus efieeting thewithdrawal of the sup ports and clamping devices from the shoe when thecontour of the cam face 225 permits this movement.

The tack driving mechanism includes arms 230 depending from the frame atthe upper portion of the machine and provided at their lower ends withtack carrying blocks 232 to which tacks are supplied by tubes 234 from atack supplying mechanism mounted in the upper portion of the machine andactuated by a rod 235 having rack teeth upon its upper portion, shown inFig. 1, and connected at its lower portion with an eccentric formed onthe front face of the cam block 92, see Fig. 3. The arms 230 also driverbars for actuating the drivers 236. The driver bars are impelleddownwardly for driving tacks by levers 238 actuated by coiled springs240, a separate spring are cushioned and lever; being provided for eachdriver hair. Th'e arms 230 of the tack driving mechanism normally occupya laterally retracted' positionwhere' they are out of the way ofthedevices for operatin upon a shoe during 'the pulling-over and lastingoperations and are moved inwardly to aposition over the shoe forinserting tacks, the driver bars being automatically released bysuitable tripping devices not herein shown to permit th spring-actuatedlevers 238 to opcrate when the arms reach their innermost position Theselateral movements of the arms 230 are efiected by the slide 130 here-15.- tofor mentioned as actuated by theshaft 132. Said slide is formedwith rack teeth on its opposite edges, as shown in Fig. 18, and theteeth are engaged by segmental rocker arms 241 which also engage slides242. Each slide has a yielding connection ;through a spring plunger 243with a. subslide 244 which carries a block 245 extending into a verticalguideway in; the adjacent arm 230. The subslides 244 and the parts towhich they are connected are caused to move with the slides 242 by thefriction between the slides and the sub-slides and by the engagement ofthe studs 246 on the spring-p plungers 243 with the inclined walls ofrecesses in the sub-slides.

The lasting mechanism .is carried by a support 250 secured to astud 251on a bracket attached to the frame and suitably braced by a rod 252. Abin screw 254 extends through an arc-shaped 0!; 255 and into the frame,thus 7 adjustmentof the support about e stud 251. The support 250 isprovided injits front face with a guideway extending approximatelyperpendicular to the planein which the bottom of (iihe last is in thisgui eway isacarri ring in its rear face rack teeth whizh are engaged bya pin- .ion 261 secured to a "shaft molmted in the support and providedwith ahandle 262. A sp 0 257 counterbalances the weight of the carriage260 and its attached parts and maintains the carriage normally in itselevated position above the last bottom or on the same side of the lastbottom as the sole rest is located. The hand lever 262 provides means bywhich the means may be moved across the plane of the last bottom fromthe normal elevated position into position to act on the shoe. Stopscrews 266 adjustably limits" the upward movement of the carria e. Inthecarriage 260 is formed a channel aviug grooved side walls andextending approximately parallel with the plane of the sole rest.Thor-ham uel receives the side arms or bars of a yoke 263 having itsclosed end toward the machine and provided with guide slots in which thelasting plntes,'shown as wipers 26- are mounted. The wipers are joinedplate 265 forconf at their adjacent ends to each other and to the yoke263 by a connecting plate 265 which is pivotally connected in theconstruction shown in Figs. '20, 22, and 25 to the yoke by the pin 269.The adjacent faces of theside bars of the yoke are also grooved andmorably mounted in them is the rack slide 267 engaged by a pinion 268 onashaft mounted in the carriage and provided with a hand lever 270. Afinger piece 272 on the lever controls a locking device for engaging atoothed plate 274 on the carriage to hold the lever and rack slide inadjusted position.

Theraek slide is connected to the wipers through an equalizing orcentrally pivoted lever 275 and through links 276 extendin to the outerrear corners of the wipers. e rack slide also has a 'clding connectionwith the wipers through a spring 2-78 and the oke 263. Thisarrangementfor connectmg the wi rs to the rack slide permits the wipers to wepivotal movement with relation to each other and to the orming to thecontour of the end portion of the shoe to be lasted and also to havepivotal movement laterally to enable them to adapt their 'tion to theposition of thctce end of t e shoe in the machine. In Fig. 21 theconnecting plate is shown as pivoted to a slide 280 which is movablelaterallywith relation to the rack slide 267, thus 5 rmitting a greaterbodilylateral movement of the wipers than is provided by the.construction shown in Fig. 20. As'shown, the slide 280 is mounted in atransverse guideway int-he yoke 263. Approximatelythe same result wouldbe obbyemounting the slide in or pivoting the connecting plate-to therack slide-267. An adjustable step 282 is provided on the outer portionof the rack slide 267, as shown in Fig. 23; in pos'tion to engage theyoke 263 and limit the distance which the yoke and the wipers 264 arepermitted to yield backwardly by the spring 278. The stop may beadjusted to arrest the backward morement-.of the wipers when they shallhave reached the shoulder on the innersole and compel the wipers topress the upper firmly against the base of the shoulder, particularly atthe end of the toe. Further morement of the rack slide then forces allthe wipers 26l, and 2653 together lengthwise of the dice. A lever 285 ispivzztnlly cum nected to :1 block 286 arranged to slide in120 guidewaysformed in the outer faces of the side bars of the yoke 263 as shown mostclearly in Figs. 24 and 25. The lever car' rics a block 287 adapted tobe forced by the lever against the under face of the tee portion of theshoe after the wipers have been moved into position over the shoelwflnfn. as

illustrated in Fig. 25. lVhen the block .287 is not in use the slide 286will he men-d int the dotted line positi n shown in Fig. 23

and the lever turned into 1! tion shown also in dotted lines, parallelthe rack bar. The block 286 is shown as provided with a spring-pressedplunger 290 adapted to engagein a rm 292 in the lever for holding thelever in its uplifted position. The block 286 binds in the guidewaysufiicicntly to cause it to retain the position to which it is adjusted.By means of the block 286 the toe of the shoe may be supported while thewipers are rssed downwardly by means of the hand e 262, thus presmg orcrimping the upper into lasted position and also. forming a seat for abinder of wire 10 or other continuous material which, in welt shoes,will preferably be employed for holdingthe upper about the end portionof the shoe in lasted position. The upper may be secured in lastedposition at the oppsosite sidesof the ball of the shoe by tac insertedby the tacking mechanism, the for ward tack oneach side of the shoeserving also as an anchor for the binder.

i In the use of the machine an assembled shoe, such as shown, forexample, in Fig. 26,

is presented by the operator with the sole againstthe sole rest and theedge of the up per the open pers. When the needle- 35 is depresed ebrake shoe is lifted the clutch members are forced togetheftor start themachine. The main shaftistumeduutil thefirstriseon the cam depresses thebrake shoe and causes the clutch members to be separated. During thispartial rotation of the shaft the grippers are closed upon the upper inapproximately the position indicated in Fig. 27, this being efiected Ibythez mgv emeicilt Self the gripper operating evers u, :1, an The cams 30and 92, t ough which the gripper closing and uplifting movements areefiected; are so formed relatively that the toe grippers are raisedbefore the side grippers, thus straining the :(pppr lengthwise of thelast before it is pull y the side grippers. The heel rest is alsoadvanced into engagement with the heel end of the last and by reason ofits diverging side faces is automatically guided into the lateralposition occupied by the heel end of the shoe according to whether theshoe is a right or a left. This advance movement of the heel rest isyieldingly effected through the rack bar 194 and its yielding connection195 with the slide 178 and cam groove 180, thus providing for anoperative engagement of the heel rest with lasts of difierent lengths.During the last portion of the movement of the slide 178 the heel restis given a positive forward movement by the lever 200, this movementvarying in extent according to the adjustment of the pawl controller204. The effect of this forward thrust of the last into the upper heldunder tension by the grip pers is to strain the upper slightlybackwardly and cause it to set snore finnly over the for part of thelast. Smmltaneously with the movement of the heel rest the sole rest maybe moved longitudinally of the last by the lever 175. The extent and thedirection of this movement is determined by the position of the guideblock 17 6. If the sole is unattached to the bottom of the last thislfnovement of thile1 sol; rlcst mayhllenutilized or tiomng' t esoeongitu a upon the bottom. If the sole is attaclicd t0 the last thismovement of the sole rest may be utilized in conjunction with themovement of the heel rest for moving the last forwardly with relationto. the pulled upper. In addition to this longitudinal movement of thesole rest-the rest is moved downwardly by the action of the cam 60 uponthe carrier'54 in which the rest is mounted. The downward movement ofthe last with relation to the grippers, efi'ected by this ac tuation ofthe sole rest, sinks or settles the last into the pulled upper.

During the rest in the machines operation, which occurs after the shaft25 has stopped upon the completion of the abovementioned movements, theoperator examines the shoe, being enabled to do so readily by reason ofthe inclination at whichthe shoe is held inv the machine, and determineswhat, if any, adjustments of the upper with relation to the last areneeded for insuring the proper position of the'up ier upon the last whenthe shoe is lasted. f the upper is insufiiciently stretched on eitherside of the ball the gri person that side of the shoe are further upifted to increase the strain on that side of the upper. If the frontseam or lace openin of the shoe is not centrally located on the ast theupper may be moved transversely about the last to center this scam orlace opening by moving pne side gripper upwardly and the other side perdownwardly by means of the handles 0 the levers 72. ese manual movementsof the no side grippers are possible because the levers 72 are connectedto their cam 30 by means of-the springs 78 which have been compressedduring the pulling movement and which permit the lovers to be moved ineither direction while the upper is held under ten: sion. If the toetipseam is not straight upon the last but is too far forward or backward ateither end the hand lever 164 is actuated to move one side gripperforwardly and the other side gripper rearwardly, thus shifting the upperlongitudinally around the last; or the lever 121 may be actuated toshift the toe grippers lengthwise of the edge of the last at the toe, orboth the toe I25 grippers and side grippers may be moved for the purposeIf the toe tip seam 10$ not extend m a straight line acres the last thetoe grippers are manipulated to increase or relax. as may be required.the longitudinal strain elfectcd by it upon the upper. If

the toe portion of the upper is not properly ulled to position it overthe toe end of the ast, the toe grippers may be released by 5manipulating the finger piece 116 and then moved laterally by the handlever 121 and reengaged with the upper at a dilierent point. If desiredthis may be repeated to pull the upper at a plurality of difl'erentpoints about the toe end of the last to stretch it over the last andwork it into proper position.

Under some conditions the sole rest will be manually moved forwardly orbackwardly by the hand lever 182, the pawl 174 having been disengagedfrom the collar 170 by presure upon finger lever 181. By this movementof the sole rest the last may be thrust farther forwardly intofithepulled upper to cause the upper to t properly about the fore part of thelast. In the illustrated machine the sole rest has a plur'alizy of feet50, Figs. 16 and 20, by which the altitude of the shoe bottom is locatedwith relation to the side clamps 218 and the taekers, and adjustment ofthe upper is made by moving the grippers relatively to a stationary lastor a last eld stationary, as by the sole rest. The sole rest alsodetermines the angular plane of the shoe bottom the wipers angularlyabout a longitudinal axis to enable them to act uniformly on the twosides of theforepart in wiping the up SSvper inwardly. In various claimsare contained elements designated as means for ad- 'nsting the u r upon,about or around the last and thesi z are to be nnderstoodas meanscapable of efiecting adjustment of the upper relatively to a stationarylast, as for example a last held from movement during such adjustment bythe rest feet Earchfica'ims arehmin this i ct distingu' In mac es in w liifh an adjustment is made, by movement of the last. these manipulationshave been completed, or such of them as may be necessary to adjust andfit properly the particular upper upon its last, the treadle-is againdeprmd and the machine started, the driving shaft advancing until thesecond rise 32 deprees the brake and stops the machine. During thisportion of the machiues operation the dide 124 is retracted, permittingthe springs 122 to swing the grippers inwardly over the slice bottom.The slide is also actuated for swinging inwardly the arms 210 to bringthe last supports 222 and the clamping devices -21S intooperative-relation to the shoe. The tack carrying arms 230 at theopposite sides of the shoe may also be moved over the shoe and thetar-ks driven at this time if desired. n case this is done the sidegrippers are released from thg upper by the engagement so that there isno necessity for adjusting of the inwardly swinging arms 230 with thereleusiu devices 81 on the side grippers. The tac inserting mechanismmay, however, not be actuated until the machine is again treadled.\Vhile the shoe is held by the supports and the clamping devices thelasting mechanism is actuated to work the upper into lasted positionabout the toe portion of the shoe. For this purpose the operator lowersthe wipers, by manipulating the handle 262, into approximately the planeindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 25. Then by means of the hand lever270 he advances the wipers toward the shoe. In this advance movement theconnecti late 265 first contacts with the upper arid t e wipers movelaterally according to the contour of the particular shoe being operatedupon until they have adapted their position to the position and shape ofthe shoe. The forward movement of the contacting plate is arrested assoon as-it engages the shoe, the yieldin connection between said plateand the sli e 267 permitting this to occur. In the continued movement ofthe lever 270 the wipers 264 swing about their pivotal connection withthe plate 265 until one or the other of them engages the upper on oneside of the shoe. Then the movement of that wiper is arrested while theother wiper continucs to close inwardly toward the shoe until it engagesits side of the shoe, this relative movement of the wipers beingpermitted by their connection with the rack slide 267 through the lever275. When the wipershave thus adjusted themselves bodily according tothe position of the toe end of the last, andrelatively accord to thecontour of thealast by the descri movements, which together may roduceacurvilinear adjustment, they em race the'entire toe portion of-the lastand bear with sub stantiallyunifcrm ressure against the upper, thispressure regulated by the force applied to'the hand .lever 270. With thein this position, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 25, the operatormanipulatesthe lever 262 to raise the wipers and cause them to wipe theupper upwardly along the sides of the last toward and over the edge ofthe last bottom. is the wipers reach the plane of the last bottom theyare arrested by the engagement of carriage 260 with the stop 266 whichwill occupy a predetermined position relatively to the plane of the shoebottom as controlled by the position at this time of thesole rest suchthat the wipers will be prevented from risin,

high enough relatively to the Fhoc bottom to lose their frictional holdon the upwardly wiped stock before they wipe inwardly.

Then the wipers arc further closed by the band lever 270 and caused toadr-anco over the lust bottom forcing the upper mtmlasicd position onthe inuersule, as shown in Fi

